Quote Originally Posted by Heavy D
For starters, I was always a HUGE Lee fan and loved to read all I could about him and more importantly, JKD. For starters, the "art" of JKD is a joke...it IS MMA. Use only what really works, and damn the rest. That is what MMA has become today, simply in a sport situation. Bruce's real life tactics are everyday self defense stuff... Kick the balls, poke the eyes, get the fuck out. Grab a blunt object, strike with it, get the fuck out.

His training methods were nothing special either. Jump rope, do push ups, sit ups and dips. All bodyweight exercises that boxers emphasize today.

He was in INSANE athlete, nobody can deny that, with excellent speed and some good martial arts skills. He had a lot of very interesting ideas, and some questionable (leading with the strong hand, for example, is questionable to me...it has its merit, but it doesn't suit my style).

He also had a lot of gimmicks: The one inch punch. He described his process, as best as i can remember, as simply showing how much force a properly thrown punch can have in only the space of an inch. Shoulder snaps forward, arm snaps forward, wrist snaps up to hit with the bottom three knuckles(WC punches being thrown vertically, rather than horizontally like a traditional punch). Also, his one finger push up. Every bit as gimmicky as the one arm push up...hard, yes, but not really that difficult if you know the proper technique.

However, he was a HELL of a trash talker, always was. Almost like an Ali. That was never in doubt.

Long story short, everybody here is saying "you cant believe everything you read" about my article, but at the same time, believe everything that Lee's wife has ever written about him. What does she gain from telling the truth, when she can overembellish everything and have noone around to deny it?
I don't fully believe in Linda. But you missed what some where really saying.

Jack Man Wong says that his life was in Jeopardy right? He was fighting for his life? His life is threatened and he still won't use any kicks? Something's wrong with that one too. There's a difference between, sparring, fighting, and fighting for your life.... and you fight at 100% in all but one of those catagories. Hey... maybe even Wong doesn't have killer instinct, as some boxers don't have. .... It just sounds wrong what he says. ... It sounds like an excuse.

When it comes to personal accounts of history, EVERYBODY is different. You just have to piece things together to try to get to the truth. Well...... I know you know this, but... Wong is also held to this standard to IMO.